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The atmosphere in the tent is solemn and undoubted, Ma Teng's face is gloomy and high above the main position, his eagle-like eyes sweep over the edge from time to time, the general Pang De, his son Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Ma Tie and other Ma family ministers and military generals are all standing on both sides, and there are dozens of hideous-looking bearded men, murderous, holding sharp axes to stand left and right.

In the center of the big tent stood a small colonel, but this person was the yellow turban colonel who came to write the war book, seeing that the big tent was arranged like this, but he was not afraid, a sneer of disdain flashed on his face, and he said coldly: "My lord said that within 15 days, the soldiers will come to the city, break the golden city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”

"Look for death!"

A lion helmet silver armor young general roared, with lightning speed to steal the bell, a punch smashed to the door of the small school, the small school snorted and stretched out his hand to block, only to hear a click, the little school's hands were smashed by the little general, and then, the other iron fist of the young general smashed again, the small school could no longer resist, can only watch the small general big iron fist smashed on his own door.

"Poof."

The blood splattered, and the front door of the small school was immediately smashed into bloody flesh.

This person is none other than Ma Teng's son, Ma Chao, who was called General Shenwei in later generations, saw Ma Chao smash the yellow turban colonel to death with one punch, and said loudly: "Father, that Zhang Baoyan dares to underestimate his father so much, the child is willing to raise 20,000 elite soldiers to attack Tianshui, and behead Zhang Bao's head under his father's account." ”

"The young general is angry~" Ma Teng's confidant Fu Xie said in a condensed voice, "Zhang Bao is cunning in his use of soldiers, far from being comparable to Guo Tu and Dian Wei's stay, now that he has issued a war letter and personally led the army, this is a decisive battle with our army!" ”

"Hmph~ The decisive battle is a decisive battle, and my Xiliang Ma family army is still afraid that he will not succeed?" Ma Chao was proud of his bravery, except for Lu Bu, who was known as the unparalleled in the world, he didn't take anyone in his eyes at all, and said sharply, "Father's Zhang Bao actually sent someone to send a war letter, threatening to break through the city and leave no chickens and dogs, which is really too deceitful." ”

"Don't be impatient." A trace of coldness flashed in Ma Teng's eyes, and there was a trace of fear in it. He knows very well that going to Zhang Bao's decisive battle with his own strength will undoubtedly be an egg hitting a stone, but it is just self-destruction! Unlike Ma Chao's newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, he Ma Teng is different, he once really understood Zhang Bao's power. So at this time, Ma Teng's first thought was how to resist the retaliation of Zhang Bao's army.

Guo Tu, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu led an army of 30,000 to attack Jincheng County, although Ma Teng was worried but fearless, but now Ma Teng is afraid.

Ma Teng took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the faint fear in his heart, and turned his head to Fu Xie and said in a deep voice: "Nanrong, Zhang Bao personally led the army to attack Jincheng, although our army athletes can fight with one enemy and one hundred, but the strength is far inferior to Zhang Bao, but this battle is related to the pattern of Liangzhou, and it is the autumn of our army's critical survival. In your opinion, how is this battle? ”

Fu Xie said with a gloomy expression: "A few days ago, Guo Tu led his troops to attack and was shot by General Pang De with an arrow, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead at this time. Now Zhang Bao came with hatred, originally there were 20,000 elite soldiers in Tianshui, and now the lower officials heard that Gaoshun in the north gathered 50,000 troops to march towards Tianshui, and Wang Yuan led 30,000 Hu cavalry from the Western Regions to gallop day and night, plus the army led by Zhang Bao himself, it has exceeded 100,000 horses. How difficult is this battle~"

"Hmph~"

Ma Chao smiled coldly when he heard this, and said coldly, "Mr. Nanrong is inevitably alarmist. Young Master Ben knows that the 50,000 troops of Gaoshun in the north are just recruits who have never been on the battlefield (Gaoshun's recruits have been recruited for two years, but the soldiers who have not been on the battlefield and have not seen blood are already recruits), these 50,000 people are just local chickens and dogs, and this young master only needs 5,000 iron horses to attack them. ”

"Oh?" A hint of joy flashed in Ma Teng's eyes, knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Ma Chao's eyes are extremely high, but he seems to have been born for war, whether it is personal martial arts or the art of war, he is proficient. At this time, when I heard that Ma Chao led 5,000 cavalry and had the confidence to break through Gao Shun's 50,000 army, I couldn't help but feel happy in my heart.

Ma Teng said in a deep voice: "My son is really confident that he will defeat Gao Shun's 50,000 reinforcements? ”

Ma Chao clenched his fists and said sharply: "The child has confidence. ”

"Good!" Ma Teng's eyes flashed with cold light, Zhang Bao led an army of 100,000 to invade the territory, but at this time, the defenders in the city have changed from the initial 50,000 to less than 30,000 now, no matter what, it can't be held, if Ma Chao can defeat Gao Shun's 50,000 army, Zhang Bao is bound to be frustrated, maybe there is still hope.

Thinking of this, Ma Teng immediately said loudly: "Ma Chao listens to the order!" ”

"The child is here!"

Ma Teng said sharply: "For my father, I will give you six thousand elite iron horsemen to stop Gao Shun." ”

"The child obeys!"

Ma Teng said with a solemn expression: "Remember, whether or not you can successfully snipe Gao Shun is directly related to whether our Ma family can withstand the attack of Zhang Bao's army, so Chao'er can only win and not defeat when he goes!" ”

Ma Chao hugged his fists and said: "Father, don't worry, the child will go!" ”

"Lord~"

Fu Xie looked at Ma Chao who was striding away, turned his head to Ma Teng and said, "Even if the young general can resist Gao Shun's reinforcements, with the existing strength in Zhang Bao's hands, our army will be difficult to resist, and there is still Wang Yuan galloping all the way, so the lower official thinks that the reinforcements should be the best!" ”

"Reinforcements?" Ma Teng's heart moved, and he frowned slightly, "Nanrong is talking about the Qiang people?" ”

"Not bad!" Fu Xie nodded and said, "The Qiang people are brave in battle, and the prestige of the lord in the Qiang people is very high, if the lord asks for help, the Qiang people will definitely come to the rescue, and after the Qiang soldiers will be ordered to send troops to the Wudu surprise, Zhang Bao will definitely panic, our army is taking advantage of the situation to attack and kill, and a battle can be determined!" ”

Ma Teng nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I will bother Nanrong to go to the Qiang tribe for help." General Ben guards Jincheng and waits for the good news of Nanrong~"

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Hangu Pass.

Zhao Cen held an object in his hand, bent down and stood in front of the closed door, more than a dozen lieutenant generals lined up behind him, and farther away, the five thousand remnants under Zhao Cen had been assembled, but all the soldiers were empty-handed. This time, they went out of the customs not to fight, but to surrender.

In the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, Dian Wei and Yu Shezhu gathered around Zhang Bao and walked slowly, Zhang Bao was wearing a dark battle armor, and under the light of the slanting sun, he was covered in a dark and cold light, like the reincarnation of the god of war, which made people dare not face it.

Zhao Cen led more than a dozen generals to rush forward a few steps, standing on the side of the road, Zhao Cen raised the things in his hand above the top, and said loudly: "The last general Zhao Cen is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Zhang Bao stretched out his hand to take the thing in Zhao Cen's hand, uncovered the cloth cover, looked at it a little and then showed a look of surprise, only to see that this thing is a jade seal, but its knife work is fine, warm and greasy in the hand, it is by no means carved from ordinary jade, Zhang Bao turned it over again, only to see a few big characters carved at the bottom, but Zhang Bao did not know, but it did not prevent Zhang Bao from loving this thing.

Zhao Cen saw Zhang Bao playing with the big seal and pondering, and was silent for a long time, so he had to sing again: "The last general, Zhao Cen, is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Zhang Bao finally came back to his senses and asked in a deep voice, "You are Zhao Cen?" ”

Zhao Cen said respectfully: "It's the villain." ”

Zhang Bao squinted his eyes for a moment, and suddenly said, "Lead the horse and lead the way." ”

Zhao Cen was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes showed gloom, and more than a dozen generals behind him showed humiliation, and they were already filled with righteous indignation. Zhang Bao saw it in his eyes, and his heart was just cold, these Liangzhou rebels are all arrogant generals, if they don't set some rules for them, I'm afraid that it will be bad in the future.

"Newspaper~"

A terrible wolf howl sounded from outside the pass, and then there was a roaring sound of iron hooves shattered the silent wilderness, Zhang Bao, Yu She, and Zhao Cen and other Xiliang generals were all shocked on their faces, and they saw a Xiliang fast horse galloping towards them, and the ironclad knight planted a pennant diagonally behind his shoulder, and was hunting in the wind.

"Rhythm Law~"

The West Liang Sentinel rode to the front of the pass and pulled the reins of the horse fiercely, stopped the momentum, and the front hooves of the war horse rose in the air, and threw a few times in the air, and Fang fell to the ground fiercely.

The sentry turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and said sharply: "Enlighten the general. . . Will.. ”

The sentry rider did not finish speaking, his face couldn't help but change, at this time Fang saw clearly that his main general actually led the horse to lead the way, a majestic and mighty figure was surrounded by all the stars and the moon, the sentry rider did not know that Zhao Cen had surrendered to the yellow scarf Zhang Bao, and his face showed a look of consternation~

Out of the corner of his eye, Zhao Cen caught a glimpse of Zhang Bao's gloomy face at this time, and thought that it was because the sentry rider did not worship, so he was afraid of angering himself, and shouted loudly: "Presumptuous, why don't you kneel down quickly when you see the lord?" ”

The sentry rode up like a dream, and said urgently: "The villain greets the lord!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Baowolf's eyes stared at the sentry kneeling in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "So panicked, but about the eastern soldiers coming to invade Hangu Pass?" ”

"It's broken~" The sentry rider said urgently, "Lord Qiqi, the villain brother found out that Cao Cao, the assassin of Yuzhou, had led the army back to Yingchuan, and Xiahoudun, who was originally stationed in Yangqu, really led the army to assemble in Luhun County~"

Saying this, the sentry rider said with a gloomy expression: "More than 30 little brothers, when they heard the news of Xiahoudun, they were unfortunately discovered by their horses, and the brothers fought to the death, and only the villain came back alive to report the news~"

General Yu Shea said in a deep voice: "Lord, Xiahoudun marched towards Lu Hun, and even sent people to shoot all the pedestrians along the way, obviously a secret march, and the garrison Lu Hun can only threaten two places, one is Luoyang, and the other is Hangu Pass. Now that the emperor of the Han Dynasty is still in Luoyang, I think Cao Cao will never be stupid enough to start a war against Liu Bei, the only possibility is that ~ Cao Cao plans to send a letter to Guguan ~"

Zhang Bao's eyebrows were tightly locked, his expression was gloomy, he was really afraid of anything! At the beginning, Zhang Bao instructed Dian Wei and Yu Shi to be the main and deputy vanguards, march into Hangu Pass, and pressure Zhao Cen to surrender, what he was afraid of was that when the Yellow Turban Army was attacking Ma Teng with all its might, the relevant eastern soldiers would stab him in the back~

However, at that time, Zhang Bao did not expect that Cao Cao would definitely march into Hangu Pass, but he was just prepared. It was Jia Xu's analysis that Zhang Bao learned that Cao Cao would never watch himself pacify Xiliang, and now he was really hit by Jia Xu's words. Xiahoudun secretly marched into Lu Hun, but he was just a vanguard army. Presumably, Cao Cao should come in person~

Thinking of this, Zhang Bao asked in a deep voice: "How many soldiers and horses does Xiahoudun have?" ”

The sentry said: "The enemy army is about more than 10,000 people!" ”

"Huh!?" A fine light flashed in Zhang Bao's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "How can you be sure?" ”

The sentry said: "One stove can make ten people's meals, the villain and others have visited Xiahoudun's camp, and the enemy army has at least 1,000 stoves to cook each time, so the villain must have about 10,000 Xiahoudun!" ”

"Ten thousand?" Zhang Bao's dark eyes swept a ruthless color leisurely, Xiahoudun led 10,000 soldiers and horses from Yangqu to march to Lu Hun, which will inevitably pass through mountains and valleys, it is better to fortify on the road, first destroy Cao Cao's pioneers, and rub Cao Cao's sharpness.

Zhang Bao Huoran looked back, followed by more than 30,000 elite soldiers, plus Zhao Cen's 5,000 Xiliang troops, this Hangu Pass has more than 35,000 people, and Hangu Pass is built on the mountain, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, 20,000 people are enough to defend.

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Luoyang, Liu Bei's mansion.

In the side room, Liu Bei sat on the main seat with an indifferent expression, Zhang Fei, who had a leopard head and eyes, and Guan Yu, whose face was like a heavy jujube, respectively held a spear and an eighty-two catties of Qinglong Yanyue Knife to stand around Liu Bei. The quiet needle drop in the study can be heard, and the strategist Xu Shu and Dong Zhao sit opposite each other,

Dong Zhao said with a solemn expression: "Xuande Gong, Mr. Yuan Zhi." Zhao is not here for my lord's own selfishness, but for the justice of the country~ Zhang Bao, the head of the Yellow Turban thief, now the head of the thief personally led the army to Hangu Pass, and the guard general Zhao Cen and the thief were in collusion, and actually attacked and defended Hangu Pass. Hangu Pass is the gateway to Luoyang, and once the thief army leaves Hangu, it will directly threaten Luoyang. Since our lord is a Hanchen, he should have the duty of guarding Luoyang, so he sent Zhao to form an alliance with Xuande Gong to jointly defend the Son of Heaven and Luoyang. ”

"Gongren's words are different~" Xu Shu shook his head and brushed his beard, and said indifferently, "Gongren is sincere and deceived my master." Xiliang Ma Teng shot Zhang Bao's confidant and favorite general, Zhang Bao swore to destroy Ma Teng, and now he captured Hanguan Valley just to defend, and besides, the former Son of Heaven has already pardoned Zhang Bao's sins, and worshiped the history of Youzhou Assassination, which is known to the world. Zhang Bao was thanked, which is also known to the world. So why did he lead the army to attack Luoyang? ”

Dong Zhao's expression changed, and he said angrily: "That's just the rebel minister Dong Zhuo borrowing the handbook seal of the Son of Heaven, how can the people of the world admit it?" ”

Xu Shu glanced at Dong Zhao, and said: "Even if we know that Zhang Bao's canonization is just an edict, people in the world don't know about it. However, Mr. Cao Thorn Shi ordered Mr. Gongren to come, and it was indeed a public heart. As the captain of Si Li, my lord should join forces with Cao Tingshi to protect the safety of Luoyang. However, there is no food and grass in Luoyang City, even if my lord wants to send troops, he has more than enough strength and is not enough~"

"This~" Dong Zhao put away his anger, changed to a hesitant look, and said in a deep voice, "In this case, Zhao should return to the lord and discuss with my lord about aiding grain and grass!" ”

"Hmmm! Anyway, it is really difficult for Gongren to call the shots for such a major event~" Xu Shu nodded in agreement, and then frowned slightly, so as to be a problem, "But Gongren has been going back and forth for a long time, if Zhang Bao really sends troops to Luoyang at this time~"

"You~hey~" Dong Zhao knew that Xu Shu was just taking the opportunity to blackmail grain and grass, but he could only passively accept it, so he had to say helplessly, "When I came, my lord once said that Luoyang was newly built, and it must be a scarcity of grain and grass, so he decided to help Xuande Gong's 10,000 army of grain and grass for half a year." So, Mr. Yuan Zhi thinks it's good? ”

"Okay, good~" Xu Shu stood up and hugged his fists, "So good, in this case, I thank Cao Tingshi for his kindness." Gongren rest assured, as long as the grain and grass arrive, my lord will not only march out of Luoyang, but also march to Hangu Pass! ”

"Okay~" Dong Zhao also got up and saluted Xu Shu back, "In that case, Zhao said goodbye!" ”